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TV Academy members are invited to a special luncheon event with Bob Schieffer organized by the Union League Club. Tickets are $30. To order tickets, please call the TV Academy office at 312-369-8600 or email
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Tickets must be ordered through the TV Academy office ahead of time.
The Union League Club Authors Group
Presents:
Bob Schieffer
Wednesday, October 1st
Time 11:30 am
Union League Club, 65
W. Jackson, Chicago
Lunch Presentation and Book Signing
Mr. Schieffer will be interviewed on stage by CBS anchor, Anne State
Fourteen years ago veteran CBS newsman and Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer began closing his program with a few words of commentary, "final thoughts" pieces that soon became a regular feature of the broadcast. From the hard issues of the day to the human stories that tell us who we are, Schieffer's closing commentaries have covered a very wide range: from politics and presidents and tragedy; to the things that touch us or make us laugh. And regardless of whether viewers have agreed or disagreed with Schieffer's point of view, he has always managed to make them think about the subject at hand in new ways.
BOB SCHIEFFER'S AMERICA brings together 171 of Schieffer's best commentaries, touching on everything from reflections on war and peace to advice to fathers on how to "act normal." Most of the time they are simply what Schieffer describes as "snapshots of my thinking-about America and Americans and how we came to be who and what we are."
"My objective," says Schieffer, "has never been to convert someone to my way of thinking, but merely to provoke thought, to explain a complicated subject, or to call attention to a human foible. The greatest compliment to me is not when viewers write to say they agree with my conclusion, but when they say, 'I never really considered it that way before.'" In addition, Schieffer has written a wealth of brand-new material - "commentaries on my commentaries" - that run throughout the book, offering further anecdotes, reflections, updates and insights. These new pieces not only reflect upon who we are, but on who he is and what he believes.
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